Combination alarm-clock and lamp



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2 Sheets-Sheet 1. A. PHERSON. COMBINATION ALARM CLOCK AND LAMP. No.587,064.

Patented July 27,, 1897.

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A.PHERSON. COMBINATION ALARM CLOCK AND LAMP. x 'N 587,064.- PatentedJuly 27, 1897.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Prion,

ANTHONY 'PHER SON, OF ROCHESTER, NEl/V YORK.

COMBINATION ALARM-CLOCK AND LAMP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 587,064, dated J 111527, 1897. Application filed September 14, 1896 Serial No. 605,786. (Nomodel.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTHONY PHERsoN, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a CombinationAlarm-Clock and Lamp, of which the following is a specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a partthereof, in which similar numerals of reference indicate correspondingparts wherever found throughout the several views.

This invention relates to alarm-clocks and lamps; and the object thereofis to combine with an alarm-clock which is mounted in a suitable frame alamp which is supported thereon and which is provided with anextinguisher or flame-regulator which is adapted to be operated by thealarm mechanism of the clock.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawings form a part, in which Figure 1 is afront view of my improved combined alarm-clock and lamp; Fig. '2, a backview thereof, and Fig. 3 a sectional side view.

In the practice of my invention I provide an alarm-clock 5, which ispreferably circular inform and of any desiredconstruction, and the clock5 is mounted in a suitable frame 6, in the upper part of which ismounted an alarm gong or hell 7, which is operated by the clock in theusual manner, and the frame 6 is provided at the top thereof with anannular flange or rim 8, and mounted on said frame is a lamp thereservoir 9 of which may be of any desired form and construction, andsaid reservoir is provided at its lower side with a depending annularrim 10, which fits within the annular flange or rim 8 of the frame 6 andwhich is detachably connected therewith in any desired manner.

In the drawings forming part of this specification I have shown thelower part or hasket 11 of the burner, the upper part, including theflame-cone and the chimney-gallery, being omitted, and the burner isprovided with the usual wick-tube 12, and I also provide an extinguisheror flame-regulator 13, which is oblong in form and hinged at one side tothe wick-tube, as shown at 14, and the extinguisher or flame-regulatoris also provided wit-h an arm 16, to which is pivoted aVertically-movahle rod 17,wl1ich passes downwardly into the lower partof the burner and is pivotally connected with a lever 18, which projectsoutwardly through the burner and is pivoted therein at 19.

Passing vertically through the reservoir of the lamp in line with thelever 18 is a tube 20, and passing through said tube is avertically-movable rod 21, which is provided at its upper end with ahead 22, on which the lever 18 is adapted to rest, and the lower end ofthe rod 21 is provided with a head 23. The length of this rod is suchthat in its lowermost position it will not interfere with the lampresting on any place other than the frame 6, nor will it interfere withthe operation of the wick when the lamp is not used in connection withthe clock.

The devices for setting the alarm are operated by a shaft 24, whichprojects through the back of the casing and on which is eccentricallymounted a grooved wheel 25, and I also provide a rod 26, the lower endof which is formed into a ring 27, which fits in the groove in the wheel25, and the upper end of which passes through a keeper 28, secured to orformed 011 the annular flange or rim 8 of the frame 6, and the lower endor head 23 of the rod 21 rests in its lowest position on said keeper.

The extinguisher 13 is semicircular in crosssection or'trough-shaped inform, and the convex side thereof is directed upwardly and providedcentrally with a transverse notch or recess 29, and this device, whenconstructed as described and when turned over the end of the wick in theoperation thereof, extinguishes the same with the exception of a smallcentral flame, which is left burning, and when turned backwardly theentire wick will be ignited by said small flame, as will be readilyunderstood.

In operation when it is desired to set the alarm for a certain time andto fully ignite the lamp at the same time the outer end of the lever 18is lowered into the position shown inFig. 3, which throws the cap orcover 13 over the end of the wick-tube and extinguishes the flame, withthe exception of the small central jet, and in this position of thelever 18 the outer end thereof rests on the rod 21, the lower end ofwhich rests on the keeper 53S, and the alarm is set by turning thethumb-nut 30, with which the eccentric wheel 25 is connected and whichoperates the shaft 9i, and when this is properly done and the operativeparts connected with the lever 18 properly set all of said parts will bein the position shown in Fig. 3, and when the alarm operates theeccentric wheel 25 will be revolved, and this operation will raise therod 26, which will raise the outer end of the lever 18, and thisoperation of the lever 18 turns the cap or cover 13 of the extinguisheror .ilame-regulator baclt'wardly and the entire wick is ignited.

lVhen thelever 18, or the outer end thereof, has once been raised andthe entire wick ignited, it will remain in this position until dcpressedby hand, and the revolution of the shaft 24 during the sounding of thealarm does not affect it.

This device, as will be seen, is simple in construction and operationand perfectly adapted to accomplish the result for which it is intended,and it is evident that changes in and modifications of the constructionherein described may be made without departing from the spirit of myinvention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent The combination of a clock suitably mounted in aframe,having an alarm connected therewith, a wheel eecentrically mounted onsaid clock, and operated by said alarm, a rod engaging the said Wheeland a keeper on said frame for directing the rod, and of a lamp mountedover said clock, a wick-tube in said lamp, an extinguisher securedadjacent to said tube, a lever pivoted on the lamp and connected withthe extinguisher, a tube pass ing through said lamp and a rod passingthrough said tube, said rod connected at one end with a lever and havingits other end ex.- tending down to a point not below the base of thelamp and over the rod mounted 011 said clock, substantially as shown anddescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 11th day ofSeptember, 1800.

ANTHONY IIIERSON.

Vitncsses:

W. W. IIILL, CHARLES S. Rocnus.

